Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [conj] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until quite recently the outstanding problem with many recordings of music before 1600 has been that they reveal the lack of tradition behind their vocal and instrumental practice and therefore suffer from an inevitable slide towards solipsism . |
| 2 | One of the major criticisms of these previous theories has been that they have tended to see their subject matter ( that is , rule-breaking ) as straightforward and easily identifiable — crime being behaviour that breaks certain of the rules of society . |
| 3 | She said : ‘ The strength of my country in recent years has been that we have had no coalition , just clear leadership , a clear majority and clear decisions . |
| 4 | He 's always been surrounded by people who think everything else he does is marvellous , but one of the points of our relationship has been that I 've always criticised his work , and for me those double portraits of the Seventies came perilously close to Photo-Realism . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I think , ’ said Radulfus , ‘ we should wait , and let be until you have viewed the place by daylight , and the unfortunate soul is known . |
| 6 | Er , which I think is , is excellent , and what I suggest is that we look at trying to get exposed in some of the professional journals really . |
| 7 | What matters is that they find the system simple to use and it certainly simplifies the practitioner 's lot . |
| 8 | What matters is that we realise that they are being friendly , so we shout back , ‘ It 's a lovely day today , is n't it ? ’ , or some such thing which they probably will not hear anyway , but the idea of friendliness has been transferred , and both people are happy , although the words were quite unintelligible . |
| 9 | What matters is that I need never question that there is a course which is objectively the best for me , and that when most aware I am nearest to it . |
| 10 | ‘ What matters is that I have signed a class international player who can score goals , a player who could become a giant at Old Trafford . |
| 11 | What matters is whether we have the creative drive to generate new production . |
| 12 | So what I propose is that we put the notion of happiness back in its box and restrict ourselves to the word ‘ happy ’ , which people do in fact use in everyday circumstances . |
| 13 | What 's happening is that I have a reason for rising , for living , for laughing . |
| 14 | ‘ Look , all I want to know is if you have a friend called Svend . ’ |
| 15 | What I do know is that we owe a great debt to these doughty fighters of the past in banishing the menace of the Krooms for ever from this green and pleasant land . |
| 16 | ‘ What they do n't know is that we do n't look like that either . ’ |
| 17 | And the only way I 'm gon na know is if I take it . |
| 18 | Legal aid is not available in any form for industrial tribunal hearings erm so what I usually say is that we assist the client up to the stage where s it means going er to the tribunal itself . |
| 19 | And all we say is that we pay extra commission if we send you away but it is against er against our principle and even er economics to send people that far away . |
| 20 | The whole audience became like one and anything somebody say is like you say it . |
| 21 | And what we say is as you know yourself you then have an am pm or an early evening call |
| 22 | And what happens to the little oxygens once they 're discarded is that they do n't go back and join an oxygen molecule . |
| 23 | ‘ What counts is that I enjoy doing my job . |
| 24 | What we have said what members have already resolved is that they do not believe that it is necessary for him to intervene . |
| 25 | As to whether national governments are still ultimately in charge , the only matter left to be resolved is whether they retain the means to call a halt to the whole process by which law-making is rapidly ceasing to be their responsibility . |
| 26 | The most likely reason that waste pipes have frozen is because you have a dripping tap . |
| 27 | The most important thing in socialising is that you make the time and spend the effort to keep those friends that you do have . |
| 28 | The worst thing Lagerfeld can find to say of those who transgress is that they have behaved in an ‘ uneducated ’ manner . |
| 29 | We are told that " the reason why constituencies of about five members are recommended is that they form communities [ ? ] where electors may be expected to have sufficient personal knowledge of the candidates ' . |
| 30 | It can also mean " unrestrained " in the sense either of freedom to act or prodigality in giving : what Wilekin wants is that she give herself . |